Vampire Weekend and Enter Shikari among AIM winners (2013)

VAMPIRE Weekend and Enter Shikari were among the winners at this year’s third annual AIM Independent Music Awards (2013).

Vampire Weekend’s Diane Young took Independent Track of the Year while Enter Shikari followed on from 2012’s Independent Album of the Year win, taking home the Best Live Act Award.

Other acts to receive one of the 16 awards handed out on the night included The xx, who triumphed in the Best ‘Difficult’ Second Album category ahead of competition from the likes of John Grant and Villagers.

Independent Breakthrough Of The Year winners Macklemore & Ryan Lewis also took the PPL Award For The Most Played New Independent Act – the only artists to collect two awards on the night.

One of this year’s most acclaimed acts Daughter – signed to last year’s Independent Label Of The Year 4AD – won Independent Album Of The Year. And Independent Video of the Year went to Django Django’s WOR.

Geoff Travis, founder of Rough Trade Records and the Rough Trade Record Shop, and with four decades of cutting edge signings to his credit, took home the Pioneer Award, while Billy Bragg received the Outstanding Contribution To Music award, and celebrated his win with a set of classic tracks spanning his 30-year career.

AIMINDEPENDENTMUSICAWARDSWINNERS AT-A-GLANCE:

Best Live Act (voted for by visitors to the-fly.co.uk): Enter Shikari

Independent Breakthrough Of The Year (in association with 7digital): Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Hardest Working Band Or Artist: Frankie & The Heartstrings

Best ‘Difficult’ Second Album (in association with XFM): The xx – ‘Co-exist’

Independent Album Of The Year (in association with Record Store Day): Daughter – ‘If You Leave’